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governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and address the quote dishonesties pedalled last week. offering advice for number two the president said -- >> tomorrow night? >> well, i -- you know, i think joe needs to be joe. >> for what it's worth, the president is probably hoping that joe isn't the same joe who occasionally suffers from bouts of acute honesty on a variety of topics like gay marriage. >> he got out a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity, spirit. >> joining us now from chicago, national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben "the thunder" labolt. >> new nickname every time. thanks for having me. >> thunder bolt or thund
governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and...
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you have romney, say what you will, it was not good for him to lose the three contests last night. >> it not the party's role to m manage it like that. >> but just in terms -- sorry. >> i think we are looking at a different playing field, there's a party war going inside the party. they are not in the position to dictate like they did in 2008. the world romney has changed and you now have a raising up in the party against what perceived as the party establishment. and that is playing out. >> i would like to say though, we have a habit in the press as acting like this is the first time this has happened. this is not the first establishment nominee that has had problems with the party, and michael steele is the personal responsible for the primary calendar existing the way it is. what you do have that is unusual this time is usually after the -- in recent memory after the first few contests people start to drop out. you see people getting out. that is not happening right now. >> well, the field narrowed. >> super tuesday had already happened at this type this year. it not helping that i
you have romney, say what you will, it was not good for him to lose the three contests last night. >> it not the party's role to m manage it like that. >> but just in terms -- sorry. >> i think we are looking at a different playing field, there's a party war going inside the party. they are not in the position to dictate like they did in 2008. the world romney has changed and you now have a raising up in the party against what perceived as the party establishment. and that is...
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about last night, was mitt romney upstaged by an empty chair? what went wrong? did he make his case in his speech? we break it all down and we'll hear from the romney campaign and get the democratic response and look ahead to the democratic national convention. we're off to charlotte next on "andrea mitchell reports." why should our wallets tell us what our favorite color is? every room deserves to look great. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. so when we can feel our way through the newest, softest, and most colorful options... ...across every possible price range... ...our budgets won't be picking the style. we will. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get labor day savings with up to 24 months special financing with your home depot credit card. ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward.
about last night, was mitt romney upstaged by an empty chair? what went wrong? did he make his case in his speech? we break it all down and we'll hear from the romney campaign and get the democratic response and look ahead to the democratic national convention. we're off to charlotte next on "andrea mitchell reports." why should our wallets tell us what our favorite color is? every room deserves to look great. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. so when we...
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. >> the romney campaign so far, the moments that stick in the public mind and the minds of late night comics and people who follow it closely are bad moments for him. there are no moments of the campaign so far where mitt romney had a great moment. go in and show positive, passionate moment. that gets a lot of attention. i think the speeches coming up, the one today, the one to the naacp are opportunities for him to, as you said, i think quite right, show his heart. president bush did that incredibly well in 1999 and 2000, and i think mitt romney has that in him, will have to have it in him. >> you think he has those skills to be able to go to the naacp or this particular conference? >> whatever you think of his policies, his heart and private self conveyed away from the camera regularly but not so far very much on camera, i think people would find more winning than he's currently portrayed. i don't know that he can pull that off. they think they can get through with a good vp pick, good speech and convention performances. he'll need a moment. today is one like that. the policy is goi
. >> the romney campaign so far, the moments that stick in the public mind and the minds of late night comics and people who follow it closely are bad moments for him. there are no moments of the campaign so far where mitt romney had a great moment. go in and show positive, passionate moment. that gets a lot of attention. i think the speeches coming up, the one today, the one to the naacp are opportunities for him to, as you said, i think quite right, show his heart. president bush did...
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i think romney's statement last night was positive and obviously i'm not one that has given him a lot of commendations but he said what needed to be said last night that i didn't think he would and we'll see where it goes. i think that the president and what he said and the tone he set is where those of us that are supportive are going to have to ive him but at the same time say to him, we won, we don want to see certain things it was remarkable and nice for the american electorate that both men chose to focus on unity at a moment when it could have been about victory tore defeat and the message is let's carry this forward, we're still one united states of america. >> i think all of us have respect for both of them and have seen both of them act like that in their careers, not so much during the campaign itself. if those two guys had waged a campaign i think we would have had a better more uplifting campaign and the winner would have had more of a mandate than i think the president has. he still has a big mandate.h( i think he's got tons of running room on the left. obama care is no
i think romney's statement last night was positive and obviously i'm not one that has given him a lot of commendations but he said what needed to be said last night that i didn't think he would and we'll see where it goes. i think that the president and what he said and the tone he set is where those of us that are supportive are going to have to ive him but at the same time say to him, we won, we don want to see certain things it was remarkable and nice for the american electorate that both...
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romney wasn't the only one who fell short last night. john cornyn, the man in charge of gop efforts to take over the senate, did soul searching after democrats appeared to be on the verge of gaining seats, a 180-degree turnaround from what many expected. cornyn wrote, quote -- >> snortles around. joining the panel is jody kantor of the "new york times." welcome. >> thank you. >> a lot of assessment and dissection last night about what happened. i guess following all that sound and quotes, wrb does wrshs where does the gop go? fred barns writes no doubt the media must insist the republicans must change, embrace social liberalism, all that is hogwash which is why republicans are likely to reject it. their ideology is not a problem. >> my colleague carl set up a great contrast in this morning "times" and said the republicans have two camps. they have the mathematicians, people who are looking at the kind of demographic numbers you were talking about saying the party has no choice. then on the other hand, there are the priests, there are the
romney wasn't the only one who fell short last night. john cornyn, the man in charge of gop efforts to take over the senate, did soul searching after democrats appeared to be on the verge of gaining seats, a 180-degree turnaround from what many expected. cornyn wrote, quote -- >> snortles around. joining the panel is jody kantor of the "new york times." welcome. >> thank you. >> a lot of assessment and dissection last night about what happened. i guess following all...
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there are big dinners with governor romney and his wife both nights. it's really, it's summer camp basically for the sort of rain maker class of republican donors. >> summer camp for the rain maker class. nbc's garrett haich doing the heavy lifting in park city. thank you, as always. good luck to you. >> can we make one quick point about the fact that they're doing this bus tour and putting the obama camp on the defensive? just going to a state doesn't mean the other candidate is on the defensive. you can say that's the case, doesn't make it the case just because you go there. michigan is tightening up. wisconsin a little less low. just because you take a bus tour to the state doesn't mean you have the other candidate on the defensive. >> it does signal an interest in the state given the fact the party hasn't done very well in decades. fair point. thank you to you, ben white for joining us. >>> coming up, from middle class to homeless. as the net worth of the average american family plummets, time to take stock of the american dream. we'll talk hard ti
there are big dinners with governor romney and his wife both nights. it's really, it's summer camp basically for the sort of rain maker class of republican donors. >> summer camp for the rain maker class. nbc's garrett haich doing the heavy lifting in park city. thank you, as always. good luck to you. >> can we make one quick point about the fact that they're doing this bus tour and putting the obama camp on the defensive? just going to a state doesn't mean the other candidate is on...
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live," needs a loan from mitt romney, it would seem that what you want from your political visionary, regardless of ideology is, yes, you want a good attitude. yes, you want to win. but kind of like seeing a doctor, you want your doctor to be positive and be on your side, but he or she better be able to read the charts, right? do you think donors are going to be upset with rove on that score? i think some donors are. but if i have to be honest, i think rove's fine. i think the majority of the people who were financing his operation, i mean, we don't have a great window into what he was telling them for the last year. but from what we do know, it sounds like he was briefing them. they had their polling. i don't think there was any evidence that his donors feel misled, that rove and his operation were spending the elite class of donors. and maybe for the broader world of republican operatives or voters who listen to rush or watch fox news, there was more of a surprise. i'm not sure -- i think they were unhappy. i don't think that they were, you know, angry or felt misled. >> let me agr
live," needs a loan from mitt romney, it would seem that what you want from your political visionary, regardless of ideology is, yes, you want a good attitude. yes, you want to win. but kind of like seeing a doctor, you want your doctor to be positive and be on your side, but he or she better be able to read the charts, right? do you think donors are going to be upset with rove on that score? i think some donors are. but if i have to be honest, i think rove's fine. i think the majority of...
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alive for romney. there are still very clear demographic and cultural barriers he faces. we're going to louisiana this saturday. he may lose louisiana. then what are we talking about then? last night sort of blew up the most plausible rick santorum scenario that existed that was coming out of alabama and mississippi. gingrich didn't drop out but he was margin naturalized in the last week, got the one-on-one shot with romney he wanted. he didn't grow his base at all. >> mark, talk about the jeb bush endorseme endorsement. do you think this was something the romney campaign lined up and waiting till he had a knockout punch to have bush deliver it. >> i don't believe so based on what i've been told. it's an endorse the they very much wanted. jeb bush has a lot of skepticism about mitt romney as a potential president. bush 41s endorsed. bush 43 has not. this was where jeb bush was going to end up eventually. i think he held off till mitt romney proved himself and became the inevitable nominee. you'll see o
alive for romney. there are still very clear demographic and cultural barriers he faces. we're going to louisiana this saturday. he may lose louisiana. then what are we talking about then? last night sort of blew up the most plausible rick santorum scenario that existed that was coming out of alabama and mississippi. gingrich didn't drop out but he was margin naturalized in the last week, got the one-on-one shot with romney he wanted. he didn't grow his base at all. >> mark, talk about...
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after months of remaining silent on possible running mates, last night, team romney released this e-mail, saying sometime between now and the republican convention, mitt will be announcing his choice for vp. so instead of directly addressing the burning questions about the governor's time at bain, advisors are trumpeting an event that will take place in the next 47 days. governor rendell, i ask you first, how bad is this for mitt romney right now? can he put the genie back in the bottle? >> yeah, he can. this is the summertime. i'd say out of 300 million americans, about six or seven million are paying attention. anything that happens during the summer, you can recover from. but again, this whole controversy goes to whether mitt romney flip-flops, whether he's trustworthy, whether he tells the truth. it all goes to the character issue. the democrats and some of the media are building up a very good case against him. look, ann romney said in 2000 that mitt splits his time between the olympics and bain. when mitt himself left in 1999, he said i'm going to be part-time and i'm going to have
after months of remaining silent on possible running mates, last night, team romney released this e-mail, saying sometime between now and the republican convention, mitt will be announcing his choice for vp. so instead of directly addressing the burning questions about the governor's time at bain, advisors are trumpeting an event that will take place in the next 47 days. governor rendell, i ask you first, how bad is this for mitt romney right now? can he put the genie back in the bottle?...
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we will take a look at the romney's big night in vegas just ahead. >> she created mother-in-law kim chi. she's using nonethnic packaging to peel to a mass market, and it's now carried in whole foods and fresh markets. for more watch your business this sunday morning at 7:30 on msnbc. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. celebrex can be taken with or without food. and it's not a narcotic. you and your doctor should balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription nsaids, like celebrex, ibuprofen, naproxen, and meloxicam have the same cardiovascular warning. they all may increase the ch
we will take a look at the romney's big night in vegas just ahead. >> she created mother-in-law kim chi. she's using nonethnic packaging to peel to a mass market, and it's now carried in whole foods and fresh markets. for more watch your business this sunday morning at 7:30 on msnbc. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have...
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we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons with obama. you know, i covered him for about a year before we got to the iowa caucus. those big speeches that's when people say who is this guy, rehearsing a stump speech and doing it badly is no way to introduce yourself to a whole new bunch of voters who are tuning. in -- -- why they wanted to quote verses written by someone else, i don't understand what he was trying to express there. for someone who has said economy, economy, economy, i'm the guy who can fix the economy, to go in on a -- run on sanctions, never mind there have been sanctions against iran, but -- >> you know, speaking about the economy, i think the real winner
we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons...
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>> they have been two ships that passed in the night for about five years running for president, they talked on and off and they are friendly and have built a mutual respect. >> that sounds very nice. >> this is hugo, jessie, your candidate referred to the cooperation between his candidacy and romney, what does he mean by that? how do rifles cooperate? >> a lot of it comes down to scheduling, both of our campaigns had places, specific places that we wanted our candidates to be on march first, and they were not georgia, we talked it out and said, let's present a united front and make sure the candidates can get to where they need to be rather than being at the debate in georgia. >> you have a wonderful piece out in the new yorker on dr. paul this week, and one of this notions you explores the remnant. he likes to call himself a keeper of the old age. it's a network of enlightened souls capable of transforming civilization. we talk about santorum and the rhetoric around christianity, ron paul feels he has a mission here and the mission may almost eeclipse the candidacy in some respects.
>> they have been two ships that passed in the night for about five years running for president, they talked on and off and they are friendly and have built a mutual respect. >> that sounds very nice. >> this is hugo, jessie, your candidate referred to the cooperation between his candidacy and romney, what does he mean by that? how do rifles cooperate? >> a lot of it comes down to scheduling, both of our campaigns had places, specific places that we wanted our candidates...
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for it, as a romney spaurupporter i think it great night for romney. i'm going put it all up and let it ride. >> how much he win by? >> i don't know, 14, 15 points. to both of your analysis, if huntsman comes in second, you go to south carolina and now you have huntsman sort of out of the picture, you have a perry, and a santorum super charged. you continue to split the vote as we move to another state, which is florida who continues to give the momentum to romney. as long as the anti-romney candidate does not have a chance to coalesce, mitt romney becomes the nominee. >> i think the key factor!xere is the margin for mitt romney. >> yes. >> i mean people forget that mccarthy did not beat johnson in new hampshire. but because the numbers were so below expectations they felt johnson lost. the key for romney is he has to stay in at least double digits. >> double digits i agree. >> all wins are not created equal. i do not -- >> i'm going to double down on mitt romney. i think that everything that has been said is smart. the poll is great news for r romn ro
for it, as a romney spaurupporter i think it great night for romney. i'm going put it all up and let it ride. >> how much he win by? >> i don't know, 14, 15 points. to both of your analysis, if huntsman comes in second, you go to south carolina and now you have huntsman sort of out of the picture, you have a perry, and a santorum super charged. you continue to split the vote as we move to another state, which is florida who continues to give the momentum to romney. as long as the...
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to imagine this will play -- >> don't you think the leno stuff and -- and sam, you're a fan of late night television -- >> i am not. >> it reminds us how at ease the president is in is a number of formats. >> obviously mitt romney we agree is a bit stiff on the trail, so the contrast is apparent, and i think the ads are silly, but to the extent that it's different than '08, at this juncture, obama has real governs responsibilities. if you can say here's a guy going on jimmy fallon, and likes to talk about kanye west, and while the unemployment rate is still above 8%, you know, there might be -- might be able to tar him a bit. that's the only distinction between the mccain ad in 2008, when obama literally was a candidate celebrity with very little responsibility. >> that was about experience. they're trying to use this differently, whiches to say he's got this cool factor, but meanwhile, rural be off than four years ago? the point is there's ten different ways to say the economy is still in a bad place. they'll find 10 and 20 ways to say that. that's how you run against this president. >>
to imagine this will play -- >> don't you think the leno stuff and -- and sam, you're a fan of late night television -- >> i am not. >> it reminds us how at ease the president is in is a number of formats. >> obviously mitt romney we agree is a bit stiff on the trail, so the contrast is apparent, and i think the ads are silly, but to the extent that it's different than '08, at this juncture, obama has real governs responsibilities. if you can say here's a guy going on...
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i was with romney last night and to your point, maggie, about vibe. romney's event with nicky haley, about 200 people, tiny, spiritless, generic, weak in every way. gingrich on the battle ship in charleston harbor last night was very tired, but on fire and predicting victory and predicting victory in florida and getting confronted by a heckler who i'm convinced they thrashed the heckler that in the end they would vote for them. it was the performance that projected confidence and certainty and it didn't look like that. >> i think you wrote a column about this, john, and one of the things that you mentioned that they played "you can't always get what you want." instant metaphor. >> mark, you're there. you're actually in the palmetto state. tell me about the feeling on the ground there. >> it feels hard in some places, soft and others depending where i'm standing. >> how is the bread pudding, mark? how is the bread butteding? >> i'm having some in about an hour. >> haley barbour gives southern politician, one of his favorite sayings is in politics good
i was with romney last night and to your point, maggie, about vibe. romney's event with nicky haley, about 200 people, tiny, spiritless, generic, weak in every way. gingrich on the battle ship in charleston harbor last night was very tired, but on fire and predicting victory and predicting victory in florida and getting confronted by a heckler who i'm convinced they thrashed the heckler that in the end they would vote for them. it was the performance that projected confidence and certainty and...
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mitt romney slamming the president to economy in his speech last night. this morning the president talked to business leaders about thousand bring jobs back to american shores. we were leading, there was a beautiful sag way to this conversation, we were talking about the jobs numbers and economic picture and i'll put up on screen, the jobs chart which i showed in the break. i don't think that, in my mind, the white house has not done a very good job of messaging. obama took office in that vertical line that you see. the economy was diving. if obama creates 1.6 million jobs, it will be a net negative job loss. >> not bad. not bad. >> not bad at all. >> net neutral. >> not net negative. there's too many not's in there. >> that said, net neutral is not necessarily where the country wants to be. but how can they better sort of trumpet the success that there has been economically. >> granted it's great that the unemployment rate is going in the right direction, he promised us with the stimulus that it would not go over 8%. he is bragging now about 8.5%. but it
mitt romney slamming the president to economy in his speech last night. this morning the president talked to business leaders about thousand bring jobs back to american shores. we were leading, there was a beautiful sag way to this conversation, we were talking about the jobs numbers and economic picture and i'll put up on screen, the jobs chart which i showed in the break. i don't think that, in my mind, the white house has not done a very good job of messaging. obama took office in that...
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coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners givin
coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those...
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. >> you know, i was sitting next to a director for "saturday night live" during the president's speech and five minutes into -- five seconds into it, i just looked at him and said can you imagine mitt romney doing is this? and he said no. >> but i'm sure he wanted to imagine it because the snnl send off of romney would be funnier than the address he might give. let's talk a little bit about mitt romney's comments over the weekend that have nothing to do with the white house correspondents dinner. the sort of wooden out of touch thing and his problems therein. this is what he said at autobahn university on friday. >> this kind of divisiveness, this attack of success is very different than what we've seen in our country's history. we've always encouraged young people, take a shot, go for it. take a risk. get the education. borrow money if you have to from your parents. start a business. >> okay, robert, and look, i agree that the idea of american entrepreneurernal spirit is important, should be fostered but inherent in that sort of litany of things that young people should do, borrow mon
. >> you know, i was sitting next to a director for "saturday night live" during the president's speech and five minutes into -- five seconds into it, i just looked at him and said can you imagine mitt romney doing is this? and he said no. >> but i'm sure he wanted to imagine it because the snnl send off of romney would be funnier than the address he might give. let's talk a little bit about mitt romney's comments over the weekend that have nothing to do with the white...
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hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi volume extravaganza continues. john heilemann, what do we make, what do you specifically make, of this politico inside dope that says ann and tagg romney have been instrumental in this recalibrated mitt romney? >> i never want to take exception that anybody mike allen and jim vandehei write but maybe there's a straining to find a more biz zanty explanation than is necessarily the case. to question that ann romney was unhawpe with what was happening to her husband as any reasonable wife would be, given the way he was being portrayed and allowing people to portray himself. there's, you know, losing campaign, whi
hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi...
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but i have to tell what you president obama did last night with this doma issue and the gay marriage issue he just ensured that the entire community of evangelicals gets behind mitt romney which is something that mitt romney has not been able to do on his own. it shows you that president obama is actually weak right now. he needs to actually get his own base to rally around him. and he's so desperate to get his own base to rally around him that he's inserting an issue that most americans are not worried about. >> again i take issue with that. most americans not being worried about with civil rights and marriage equality. but again that can be your interpretation. the evangelical vote, important to neat franklin graham just released a statement in response to the president saying it is a sad day for america, may god help us. clearly this is an issue that does not unite some parts of the country. thank you to congressman raul labrador. >> thank you. >> after the break with mother's day nearly upon us, ann romney pens an op bed motherhood. we'll discuss the mom wars next. we love garden
but i have to tell what you president obama did last night with this doma issue and the gay marriage issue he just ensured that the entire community of evangelicals gets behind mitt romney which is something that mitt romney has not been able to do on his own. it shows you that president obama is actually weak right now. he needs to actually get his own base to rally around him. and he's so desperate to get his own base to rally around him that he's inserting an issue that most americans are...
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>> good to see you. >> we're not taking any questions. >> last night romney said he was going to win. this morng
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mitt romney needs to have a good debate performance tomorrow night and newt gingrich needs to have a bad one, my money would be on the reverse. >> mark, i want to bring you in here, i know the media conference call that maggie just menti mentioned, are the romney people scared are they seeing the angry attack muffin looming in the background? >> reporter: they are not scared. but they go after the target that could threaten him. newt gingrich could win the primary. and romney stumbled in the last day. the debate will be key, how much advertising can get on tv will be key and to the extent that gingrich can win this fight with santorum about who should go forward to go against romney. he is a better fit for this state and it's the greater possibility that romney leaves here as the possiblity than santorum. >> when we think about the conservative vote, there a chance that santorum voters and gingrich voters will come anyway? are they attracted to two types of candidates? >> i think we have a split here. we have santorum saying i'm the conservative voter's candidate, but if you want to
mitt romney needs to have a good debate performance tomorrow night and newt gingrich needs to have a bad one, my money would be on the reverse. >> mark, i want to bring you in here, i know the media conference call that maggie just menti mentioned, are the romney people scared are they seeing the angry attack muffin looming in the background? >> reporter: they are not scared. but they go after the target that could threaten him. newt gingrich could win the primary. and romney...
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, by the way we forgot to mention the landslide victory last night. he said laughing, romney ignored him. john, you were there? >> i was not. >> you told us about things you heard from that event. >> i always try to watch raw footage for all john mccain events because they are so uplifting. >> they are fun. >> it felt a little thrown together and there was a sense that it was not well advanced and that they -- the word leaked out he was going to get this endorsement on the night of the iowa caucuses when it looked like there was a chance santorum would win and they wanted another story to move to. there is no better endorsement in american politics in new hampshire than john mccain. he has dominated that state from the two republican primaries. mitt romney is the establishment candidate, there's no way he needs to make inroads into the base and win the heart of conservatives. but he's got to do it with the core of his support, which is the establishment. i'll roll out big endorsements states by state. if he does, they are going to be a core part of ho
, by the way we forgot to mention the landslide victory last night. he said laughing, romney ignored him. john, you were there? >> i was not. >> you told us about things you heard from that event. >> i always try to watch raw footage for all john mccain events because they are so uplifting. >> they are fun. >> it felt a little thrown together and there was a sense that it was not well advanced and that they -- the word leaked out he was going to get this...
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who will go toe to toe with romney. then it turned into a nightmare the next day because the other guys wouldn't get out of way. then he needed perry out and gingrich out, and he needed guys like rush limbaugh to be like, listen, this is the moment. if we are ever going to stop mitt, it is now. instead, limbaugh was saying on his radio show, this will be fun to watch. this is kind after train wreck. >> ben is right. mitt needs to realize we are in the age of youtube when never can say, we can see what you said the night before, so don't repeat it. come up with a new line. and i'm looking forward to the new hampshire debates where i'm sure jon huntsman will roll out some kind of stone temple pilots reference to the granite state. >> no one will get it. >> i, myself, am looking forward to herman cain's unconventional statement. >>> thanks again to jonathan, steve, s.e. and ben. see you back here monday at noon eastern. until then, follow us on the twitter machine. >>> andrea mitchell report is next. hi, andrea. >> hi, ale
who will go toe to toe with romney. then it turned into a nightmare the next day because the other guys wouldn't get out of way. then he needed perry out and gingrich out, and he needed guys like rush limbaugh to be like, listen, this is the moment. if we are ever going to stop mitt, it is now. instead, limbaugh was saying on his radio show, this will be fun to watch. this is kind after train wreck. >> ben is right. mitt needs to realize we are in the age of youtube when never can say, we...
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this is what newt gingrich said last night on cnn. >> they seem to have a overly methodical model where they go out and keep saying the same thing and it done -- the world's too fluid, too sophisticated for that, it's clearly something that you can go out and you can communicate and you can do dramatically better than romney's currently doing. >> lois, everybody in the republican party has advice for mitt romney ahead of the debate. rich lowry writes new yoo inven will save romney, it all comes down to him. what do you make of that? >> what it gets down to now, we have 40 days and can they turn around the narrative? it's looking less and less likely. obama people laid out a narrative he was out of touch that he was too rich, he was all of these things and then he played right into it with the 47% comment. and i think that's resonated with people. i've heard it from teen averages from venders, you know, people are remembering that and i don't know that he can turn it around because there's a migration of voters now. >> josh, when you look at health care stuff and romney's inability to se
this is what newt gingrich said last night on cnn. >> they seem to have a overly methodical model where they go out and keep saying the same thing and it done -- the world's too fluid, too sophisticated for that, it's clearly something that you can go out and you can communicate and you can do dramatically better than romney's currently doing. >> lois, everybody in the republican party has advice for mitt romney ahead of the debate. rich lowry writes new yoo inven will save romney,...
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we opened the very first store, i was there the night we hoped the first store. we helped stock the shelves. >> we stocked the shelves. just in terms of poll numbers. we have a tracking poll that said, sorry, in another poll, romney has fallen for five day straight and down ten points. huntsman and paul are gaining. is this stuff going to hurt him? we have 24 hours and i think it's something like 44% of new hampshire residents have made up their mind, meaning plenty have not yet. >> it's a before the primary that votes move. the voters tend to be voters that wait until the last minute to make a decision. a lot of people are on purpose un decided. there's a way that romney could have said this thing that would have been in line with republican ideals and not damaging people, but to say i like the right to fire people off, there's a certain type of enjoyment that he seemed to take in it, it's damaging sound and video, worse to see it and hear it than to read it on the page, that is what the problem is. not so much that it's out of line with the overall view of repu
we opened the very first store, i was there the night we hoped the first store. we helped stock the shelves. >> we stocked the shelves. just in terms of poll numbers. we have a tracking poll that said, sorry, in another poll, romney has fallen for five day straight and down ten points. huntsman and paul are gaining. is this stuff going to hurt him? we have 24 hours and i think it's something like 44% of new hampshire residents have made up their mind, meaning plenty have not yet. >>...
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, romney or gingrich? >> it's a big hot mess and romney is the big loser. you know, i'm for the chaos theory and the more disruption the better, i think it leads to, to outcomes that are unpredictable and unforeseen and hopefully will lead to something that will -- that might work in november. this outcome is going to lead to a more likely strong third party candidacy. >> so you think there's room for a third party? >> sure. >> says the -- >> the cofounder. >> nothing to do with no labels. but americans yes. >> let's be clear, you love mayhem, what did you make of this? did you feel it ends up being a good thing for the republican party, what has happened down south and where it leaves the field. >> i want to bring this to your attention. do they really? really? i don't know that anything has changed. mitt romney is leading in the delegates and the states. the narrative that he is not inevitable is there, rick santorum had a great night, good for him. newt gingrich is swimming in a see of delusion but the
, romney or gingrich? >> it's a big hot mess and romney is the big loser. you know, i'm for the chaos theory and the more disruption the better, i think it leads to, to outcomes that are unpredictable and unforeseen and hopefully will lead to something that will -- that might work in november. this outcome is going to lead to a more likely strong third party candidacy. >> so you think there's room for a third party? >> sure. >> says the -- >> the cofounder....